EP1104694A3 - Film Laminates for printing - Google Patents

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EP1104694A3
EP1104694A3 EP20000310373 EP00310373A EP1104694A3 EP 1104694 A3 EP1104694 A3 EP 1104694A3 EP 20000310373 EP20000310373 EP 20000310373 EP 00310373 A EP00310373 A EP 00310373A EP 1104694 A3 EP1104694 A3 EP 1104694A3
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film
modified
printing
corona discharge
polyolefin film
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Yoshiharu Nishikori
Koichi Katayama
Yuichi Ogawa
Noboru Sakaushi
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New Oji Paper Co Ltd
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Abstract

A film laminate for printing comprises a polyolefin film in which at least one side is surface-modified and an anchor layer formed on the surface-modified side of the polyolefin film and containing an oxazoline group-modified resin. The film laminate is prepared by subjecting at least one side of a longitudinally oriented polyolefin film to a corona discharge treatment, forming an ethylene-acrylic acid type copolymer layer on the corona discharge-treated side of the film, laterally orienting the film, and then forming an anchor layer comprising a binder resin, and an oxazoline group-modified resin, on the modified surface of the surface-modified polyolefin film subjected to the corona discharge treatment. The film laminate for printing is excellent in its transparency and it is also excellent in the adhesion to a coated layer.
EP20000310373 1999-11-24 2000-11-22 Film Laminates for printing Expired - Lifetime EP1104694B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (8)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP33243399 1999-11-24
JP33243399A JP3785882B2 (en) 1999-11-24 1999-11-24 High transparency easy-adhesive film
JP2000075858 2000-03-17
JP2000075856 2000-03-17
JP2000075856A JP3931525B2 (en) 2000-03-17 2000-03-17 Adhesive sheet
JP2000075858 2000-03-17
JP2000075855 2000-03-17
JP2000075855 2000-03-17

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EP1104694A3 true EP1104694A3 (en) 2001-11-07
EP1104694B1 EP1104694B1 (en) 2005-01-26

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